I found this article on an English news site that I'd like to share.
"It was like fitting her with a turbo charger - she's going double the speed she used to," said owner Jude Ryder. "She uses her back legs to push herself along. She seems quite happy, but it's difficult to tell with a tortoise."
"A 90-year-old tortoise..."
"It was like fitting her with a turbo charger - she's going double the speed she used to," said owner Jude Ryder. "She uses her back legs to push herself along. She seems quite happy, but it's difficult to tell with a tortoise."
"A 90-year-old tortoise..."
The animal, called Mrs T, was facing a grim future after a rat chewed off her two front legs while she was hibernating, but her owners glued the wheels from a model aircraft onto her shell."
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What an inspiring post, John. Thankfully she was not destroyed. She looks pretty darn good for 90, considering that most "seniors" have their wheels taken away at that age...sorry :} But I have no positive feelings toward that rat~
ReplyDeletearme Kröte! Aber eine super Idee mit den Rädern. ;o)
ReplyDeleteLG - Heike
I love a story with a happy ending!
ReplyDeleteHow marvelous that she could adapt. Maybe I should stop whining about my problems?
ReplyDeleteSimply wonderful. That tortoise has a smile on it's face :)
ReplyDeletethat sounds like a terrible thing to wake up to
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